archrival

noun

arch·​ri·​val (ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl How to pronounce archrival (audio)
Synonyms of archrivalnext
: a principal rival

Examples of archrival in a Sentence

In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.
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That’s just the way things work as a kid when your favorite team has an archrival. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Buckmaster had spent much of the past year using LLMs to carry out that program alongside Levent Alpöge, an employee of OpenAI’s archrival, Anthropic. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 Disney also revealed that its streamer will carry a pair of Monday Night Football games this season, starting with the Philadelphia Eagles hosting archrival Dallas Cowboys on October 26. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Getting blown out at home by your archrival in prime time on the 20th anniversary of the New Orleans Saints’ return to the city after Hurricane Katrina? — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for archrival

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First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of archrival was in 1750

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archrival

noun
arch·​ri·​val (ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl How to pronounce archrival (audio)
: a principal rival

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